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GOLDEN TEXT— "Out of Egypt have I called my Son."
The Christ is in every man and woman, every boy and girl,and
the Christ WITHIN YOU is what Jesus taught.
The birth of Jesus mixed with the birth of the Christ so
is
that taken in the Written Word the two are supposed to be one
and born at the same time. Jesus was a great teacher, and
Herod was a great king.
called my son."
LESSON I.
Answer —The reign of the new king was at hand, and Herod
represents wickedness. He was an evil king. All evil fears
GOOD. All evil is troubled when the Christ is born within
the Kingdom of the Heart.
Answer — All the purity and truth of the soul. When the
Christ is born WITHIN us we lay all our treasures at his feet.
and Egypt held the knowledge which was to give him life and
power to save his people.
Verse 14. Question — Why did he go by night?
—
Answer This is the night of the Soul, the tomb wherein it
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THE BEGINNING OF MIND OR
MENTAL HEALING.
Golden Text.
— ''Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His
paths straight."
Mind is the builder of the Soul and prepares it for the concep-
and teaching.
who did not live the Truth and knew it not. They were as
age. It has attracted all sects and all people. Yet John ad-
and are sorry for a time, but do the same thing or something*
equally as bad we have not REPENTED.
We cannot attain purity, and goodness, and Truth until we
do repent— TURN AWAY FROM EVIL. If we repent of an
welcome.
This means that they cannot repent and still follow the same
old, uninterrupted, literal meaning of the law; for the teachings
The Holy Ghost and Fire comes after repentance and turning
OF THE MIND away from the material laws of the flesh —or
the Law of Abraham.
them both.
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THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS.
Golden Text
— "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and
Him only shalt thou serve."
Jesus was lead, also, into the wilderness of the errors of ma-
terial desires and illusions.
unto it.
Here was the test. If he could turn stones into bread, how
much greater power could he influence over other things? He
could gain much. He could become the greatest phenomena
producer the world had ever known. He RESISTED the temp-
tation by declaring that man could not live in the material alone
but must live by the word of God, and God does not become
material desires and longings.
Then again he attained greater power in mentality.
What temple?
And his mind tempted him — the desires of the flesh again
the world? Why should we not have the highest place? Could
But for whom are we arguing thus —for SELF or for self-
LESS?
So Jesus said: ''Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."
entirely away from the flesh, or where flesh triumphs over the
spiritual.
Here is where many, many fall, and have fallen.
The Master is one who has served, and struggled, and is will-
"Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt
thou serve/'
"Then the devil leaveth him, and behold the angels came and
ministered unto him."
saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shad-
ow of death light is sprung up."
And those who allow the lusts and temptations of the material-
with life.
The hardship and the toil of this life open our eyes to many
Truths.
flesh, it seeks the souls in harmony with its own. Now we have
the secret of one great law.
ence.
But they left immediately all material gain and seeking and
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Golden Text
— "Where your treasure is, there will your heart
be also."
in heaven."
But the world would not long remember, and even if it did,
feeling that God Good is all power, and that the power is
or
The God that recognizes good is the God WITHIN all of us.
We know the false from the true, the good from the false, if
"For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
Your treasure is what you love most. If you love the things
of the world more than anything else, it is the secret treasure of
the heart. All the things of the world die, they decay, and are
taken from us, while the heavenly desires are builded up and
For the light of the body is the eye. If the eye sees the good
and loves the good, the body is full of light because the Spirit-
"If thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of dark-
All the evil thoughts and desires of the mind and soul are
dark. The Soul is dark. It cannot see the light of Truth and
goodness.
life. We all have sufficient unto the day thereof. We all pros-
You will say: "Behold the faith of the rich man, without
thought of soul or heaven."
The rich man prospers according to the faith he has within
are liable to forget the soul, but we should have enough faith
to provide for ourselves.
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Golden Text
— "All things whatsoever ye would that men
should do to you, do ye even so to them; for this is the law and
the prophets."
The prophets and all the ancient wise men taught this law.
As ye would that men should do to you do ye even so to them;
for it will be done to YOU again whatsoever YOU do, for
you shall reap whatever you sow. We all desire good things.
month or a year something will turn up. Some one else will
Did you ever judge anyone hastily and then regret your act?
pect? Have you ever given anyone the least chance to suspect
you? The pure minded, pure souled person always thinks pure
thoughts of all persons. He does not judge openly.
"And the first without sin must be the first to cast the stone."
Therefore, read self first and find out if every thought is true,
within self, and "cast out the beam within thine own eye, and
then thou shalt see clearly to cast the mote out of thy brother's
eye,"
for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to de-
It is the heaven or the hell for us, for it accumulates and ab-
sorbs every created image of the mind.
A true prophet does not teach "thou shalt not hate" and then
hate. He does not do the things he condemn in others. Some-
times we have to associate with a person a long while before we
know him. Even then we have no right to judge. We must
investigate our own vineyard first and see if our own fruit is in
spect.
"Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down
and cast into the fire."
the soul or saves it, for the soul is the receiver or retainer, the
"Not every one thatsays unto me Lord, Lord shall enter in-
Immortality.
"And the rains descended, and the floods came, and the winds
blew, and beat upon that house and it fell NOT; for it was
founded upon a rock."
The house is the Soul. You are the builder. The rock is
the Christ.
Be not like the foolish man which built upon the sands and
"when the floods came and the winds blew and beat upon that
The sand is the flesh, the illusions and desires of the flesh and
of evil and materiality, and rain and the winds and the floods
are the evil temptations and the snares, and the pitfalls and
illusions of the world and of evil.
fall, and we have not built wisely, for wisdom desires life.
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THE POWER OF UNDERSTANDING.
Golden Text
— "I am not come to call the righteous but sin-
ners to repentance."
"And he entered into a ship and passed over and came to his
own city."
lying on a bed; and Jesus seeing their faith, said unto the sick
of the palsy: Son, be of good cheer, thy sins be forgiven thee."
Not knowing the Christ, they knew not that he knew their
We tell them to-day that Christ lives, and has the same po w-
er, and even greater power, than of old, and they mock us and
deride us and say "Blasphemers."
They say even now that a man who says he can forgive sins
is a liar. Why?
Because they know not where Christ is, where his power,
and what it is. They read and understand not because they are
blind to the Truth. They worship the letter and not the spirit.
They unite men to the churches, but do not unite their souls to
phemer.
Why should God grow less and all things else increase?
The Christ can never die. His power can never die.
He knows all thoughts, all hearts, all minds, and his power
is unlimited and perfect even to-day.
scientific world, and would mould their inventions into the ma-
terial, and the world looks on, and wonders, and worships, and
believes in the man himself.
But when he delves into the Spiritual, which the world can
not and will not see, that is blasphemy.
house."
hold many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him
and his disciples."
"And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples,
Why eatest your Master with publicans and sinners?"
They were above the publican and the sinner. The doors of
the temple wherein they worshipped looked not into the soul,
but into the material position.
"And Jesus said unto them, They that be whole need not a
physician, but they that are sick."
,And the sinners came, but the Pharisees and Scribes stood
aside, unable to see what the sinners could see — THE CHRIST,
and they came to him because they knew him, and their souls
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Matthew 9; capter 14; 26 verse.
Golden Text
— "If I may but touch the hem of his garment,
EXPLANATION OF LESSON.
We find Jesus very successful in his teaching in this lesson.
UNDERSTANDING.
Every one who came to him Jesus KNEW.
When the Pharisees came clad in purple and fine linens, Jesus
read beneath ALL outward covering, all PRETENSE. No evil
was too thick for him not to see through it. HE READ THE
SOUL.
When the sinners came, he read in like manner. He knew
the SICK soul, from the self-righteous soul.
but the soul wise in its own conceit and self-righteousness is far
worse than the common, everyday sinner, for it shuts itself out
blinded by its own illusions, while the ordinary sinner is blind
Jesus LOVED.
Jesus UNDERSTOOD.
Verse 14— "Then came to him the disciples of John, saying:
Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast
not?"
Verse 15
— "And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the
—What does
Question mean? fasting
Answer— To to do without,
fast is to refuse to take or eat.
bridegroom —the Soul, the CHRIST. Jesus here does not refer
to the material fasting, but to the spiritual. They did not know
what he meant, because they did not understand him. They
were material and mental, and understood only the material
and mental laws.
With Jesus and the Disciples — they had the Christ —the
Bridegroom, and need not fast, but the Scribes and Pharisees
ment must be made new. The spiritual cannot fit into the ma-
terial any more than the material can (it into the spiritual. This
we keep the old sinful body always full of sin it cannot hold to
the spiritual soul, and the Christ soul cannot HOLD TO the
sinful body. "But they put new wine (soul) into new bottles
Verse 21
— "For she said WITHIN herself, If I may but touch
the hem of his garment I shall be whole."
"And when Jesus came unto the ruler's house and saw the
minstrels and the people making a noise
Verse 24 — He said unto them, Qive place, for the maid is not
dead but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn."
Verse 25— "And when the people were put forth, he went in
And we will all arise from the dead, from the sinful soul and
body, if we but allow the Christ spirit to touch us. If we will
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And those who were blind in the flesh were able to regain
sight far quicker than were the Pharisees and Scribes.
desires to see.
There are few who can SEE, and many are blind. There-
fore, the blind cannot believe. He does not desire sight because
Verse 27
— "And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men
followed him, crying and saying, Thou son of David, have
mercy on us."
They were materially blind, but they KNEW and had faith
Verse 28 —For "when lie was come into the house, the blind
men came to him; and Jesus said unto them; Believe ye that 1
Verse 29
— "Then touched he their eyes, saying, ACCORD-
ING TO THY FAITH BE IT UNTO YOU."
And so it is always. WE RECEIVE ACCORDING TO
OUR FAITH.
Verse 30
— "And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straightly
charged them, saying, See that no man know it."
Verse 31
— "But they, when they were departed, spread abroad
And so ought we to do, and all those who have received spir-
itual sight. It is far greater cause for rejoicing than the mater-
Verse 32
— "Behold, they brought to him a dumb man, pos-
speak for Truth. There are many reasons. Pride forbids some.
Verse 33
— "When the devil was cast out, the dumb spake,
Verse 34
— "But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils
through the prince of the devils."
How very like all the world, the self-righteous world. How
like the orthodox creeds. Depart from the creed and dogmas,
and you are dealing with devils. This is the reasoning of many.
Besides this, the self-righteous never sees his own blindness and
Verse 35
— "And Jesus went about all the cities and villages,
worn and faint, and were drinking the poison of the world of
illusions, of false beliefs which could not lift them up from their
condition.
Verse 37— "Then said he unto his disciples, The harvest truly
The reward is great. The Lord of the harvest pays far more
than the evil one. The evil one does not pay. He takes all
that you have and gives you death and destruction. He has
nothing else to give. Do not follow in the lure and glare of
God alone is Life. Work, therefore, for the laborers are few.
and let not the accusations and the scorn of the world keep you
dumb. Cast out the devil and you will be filled with joy.
The world loves only its own. Even then its love is change-
able and leads to death.
The world sees only the world.
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Matthew, 10th chapter, l-24th verses.
—
Golden Text "And ye shall be hated of all men for my
name's sake; but he that endureth to the end shall be saved."
Christ power was poured into each soul, and they were never
dependent upon another for guidance and assistance. This was
the first time that he, sent them out to heal, teach and preach.
Heretofore, though in his presence daily, they had not gained
sufficient enlightenment to be able to bear the message: This
should be carefully followed by every Truth bearer. Too many
out who are not properly equipped, who have not received
start
power from the Master who guides them, or who knowing too
much cannot be taught and go out teaching without authority.
No person should attempt to teach until he has been thor-
oughly trained. Tell the story of the Truth, how much it has
done FOR YOU, and what it can do, but make no effort to set
The harvest truly is plenteous and the laborers are few, and
many teachers are needed, and a place will be open for all who
OBEY. You must learn to obey yourself before you may ex-
act obedience from others. The disciples spent their time in
study andtraining, and when they were ready the Master SENT
THEM OUT.
Verse 5— ''These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded
them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles and into any
city of the Samaritans enter ye not."
Verse 6— "BUT GO RATHER TO THE LOST SHEEP
OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL.
Why did he command them thus? The Gentiles and the
Samaritans were shut out. Why? Far back where Abraham
taught his own people, we lost sight of the Gentiles in a sense;
but in separation of the family of Noah, we will find that a
number of the Gentiles were led into Egypt. In fact, all na-
tions outside the Semitic race were Gentiles. The Gentiles of
the Egyptiansknew the Truths, so did many of the Asiatics.
The Jews were the most material, flesh loving people of that
day. Their religion was nothing but symbol and ceremonies.
Hence, they were farthest away from Truth of any nation.
They were the Negatives.
Verse 8
— "Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead,
cast out devils, freely ye have received, freely give."
they were sent out. He gave them power. They were filled
with his own thoughts, his instructions.
ceive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that
home or city shake of the dust off your feet."
Verse 16
— "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of
wolves; be ye, therefore, wise as serpents and harmless as
doves."
Verse 17
— "But beware of men, for they will deliver you up
to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues."
Verse 18
— "And ye shall be brought before governors and
kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gen-
tiles."
This is not against all Gentiles, but against all nations which
scourge and mock them. Not all the Gentiles knew the Truth
but they were of the ignorant classes, for the Ancient Men of
Wisdom were Gentiles. And every Jewish leader learned from
them. All the great leaders were taken into Egypt—-Moses,
Joseph and Jesus, before they ever taught the people.
Verse 19
—
"But when they deliver you up, take no thought
how or what you shall speak; for it shall be given you in the
same hour what ye shall speak."
Verse 20
—
"For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your
Father which speaketh IN YOU."
They were led and guided by the Spirit through Jesus. If
they had not obeyed, think you it would have guided? If they
had thought that they knew what to say, and would outline
their program, they would have failed, as we of to-day so often
do when we refuse to obey the Master who leads us.
Verse 21— "And the brother shall deliver up the brother to
death, and the father the child, and the children shall rise up
against their parents and shall cause them to be put to death."
Verse 22
—
"And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's
sake; but he that endureth to the end shall be saved."
The world always hates those who represent the Christ, the
true conception of God. But those who endure to the end
shall be saved.
Verse 23
—
"But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye
into another; for verily I say unto you, ye shall not have gone
over the cities of Israel till the son of man is come."
And this was true. Their Illumination was given to them
long before they had preached in every city, but it was after
the Crucifixion that they were baptized with the Spirit or Fire,
—
which is the Son of Man Sun of Man, for the Soul is the Sun
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Matthew, 10th chapter; 24-34th verses.
Golden Text
— "Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me be-
heaven."
Jesus did do it, and how it can be done. We can tell what we
see and know, and only those who are able or ready to receive
who are spiritually deaf, dumb, and blind. But that has noth-
ing to do with the language used. The Truth can be illustrat-
If the world calls this Truth you believe Beelzebub (or prom-
ise of devils) what does it call you?
Verse 27
— "What 1 tell you in darkness, that speak ye in
light."
In understanding.
"'And what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the house
top."
Verse 28
—"And fear not them which kill the body but are
not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him which is able to
The material death never destroys the soul The soul lives.
Only our own Mind and Soul. Therefore, fear only to think
Verse 32
— " Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me before
heaven.
er, for the Christ is the Soul of God, and we are before the
There is nothing covered within the soul that shall not be re-
vealed and nothing hid that shall not be known. Our soul is
the betrayer or saviour. It gives out all that is good, all that is
bad. All things are revealed unto the Christ, for we either
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Golden Text
— "He that taketh not his cross and followeth
them for their work, and how he advised and warned them of
the temptations, and trials they were to meet with.
Verse 36
— ''Think not 1 am come to send peace on earth; I
Peace is not of the earth, and peace will not dwell in earthly
away from the material so that the soul may attain its freedom
and peace in the spiritual.
Verse 34
— "For 1 am come to set a man at variance against
his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daugh-
ter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
Verse 36
— "And a man's foes shall be they of his own house-
hold."
literal sense.
Who are the foes of a man's own household? Who are the
evil that you love dearly, and it includes every member of the
Verse 39— "He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that
loseth his life for my sake shall find it."
of the sensual, material, earth life, and if we lose all love and
desire for the illusions of the senses and the material for the
Verse 40
— "He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that
Verse 41
— "He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a
Verse 42
— "And whoso shall give to drink unto one of these
little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple,
One of these little ones is one who has not attained much in
ithe Christ, but no matter how small the Christ in any one may
be, if we as a disciple give him to drink of the Water of Life
we have added to our own spirituality and likeness to the Fath-
er. Thus are we rewarded. If we help others to grow the very
least, we also grow and attain.
"He that taketh not his cross and followeth after me is not
worthy of me."
If we will not follow as Christ leads us we cannot attain. We
attain what we desire, and are worthy only of the desire. We
cannot serve two Masters, evil and Truth, and be worth of
Truth and Christ.
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Golden
—
Text "Behold I send my messenger before thy
face, which shall prepare the way before thee."
Son of God, who would baptize with Fire. The Soul is Fire,
and when we are baptized with the Soul of Christ we have re-
ceived the baptism of the Holy Ghost, or Fire.
But John seems to doubt his own teaching, for he sends two
of his disciples to Jesus and said unto him:
Verse 3
— "Art thou he that should come, or do we look for
another?"
John saw the Spirit descend in the form of a dove whi^h sat
upon Jesus, and he heard the voice of the Spirit proclaiming
him "This is my beloved son in whom am well pleased," and I
Verse 4
— "And Jesus said unto them, Go and shew John
again those things which ye do hear and see."
Verse 5
— "The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk
the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear and the dead are raised
up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them."
Verse 6
— "Blessed is he whosoever shall not be oifended in
me."
John, as a mentalist, demanded manifestation and works,
and that is why Jesus gave them his work in healing as a wit-
John knew not the Fire baptism. It was not given yet.
must be preached throughout the world, and for the same rea-
son that Jesus taught. The coarse, heavy, sensual and material
vibrations must be purified or the world is destroyed. There-
fore, ''blessed is he who shall not be offended in me, for it is
Verse 10
— "For that he of is whom it was written, Behold I
though the teacher's work was ended. Jesus knew his time was
coming also, that each teacher must follow the others, as their
teachings would follow each other.
Verse 11
— "Verily 1 say unto you, among them that are born
of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist.
Notwithstanding, he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is
greater than he."
tellect has not much to do with it, for an ignorant man who
has soul is greater than the intellectual man without soul.
Verse 12
— "And from the days of John the Baptist until now
the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take
it by force."
Verse 13
— "For all the prophets and the law prophesied until
John."
Verse 14
— "And if ye receive it, this is Elias which was for to
come."
When the prophets and the law prophesied, the kingdom of
heaven was of the future. No man openly preached that the
"kingdom of heaven is at hand" as did John and Jesus. When
they preached this Truth in such a simple, satisfactory way, and
in direct opposition to the expectations of the Jews, who had
looked forward to a material, earthly kingdom and a king and
a God for themselves alone, then violence was manifested. God
within mortal man was a shock to the Jews, as it is to the Or-
thodox of to-day.
Verse 15
— "He that hath ears to hear let him here."
Listen with the Soul in the name of the Soul and receive the
Soul's reward.
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Matthew, 11th chapter; 16th verse to close of chapter.
Golden Text
— "Take my yoke , upon you, and learn of me;
for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you shall find rest unto
your soul."
Verse 18
— "For John the Baptist came neither eating nor
drinking, and they say, He hath a devil."
Verse 19
— "The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and
they say, Behold a man gluttonous and a winebibbler, a friend
These are but tests to the souls who are chosen to represent the
great Truths and Mysteries. A weak, cowardly soldier never
won his way to generalship. No man would follow such a one.
When we go out to fight an enemy, and we have our captain
to lead us, we want the one who is brave, staunch and true,
who will not weaken and waver and turn about and run when
the enemy appears.
And there are many battles of the Soul against the flesh that
power, all his efforts, all his love, they repented not. They
continued in their evil ways.
Verse 23
— "And thou Capernaum, which art exalted unto
Hell is the suffering and destruction of the soul that will not
age.
Babes are teachable and can be led, but those wise in their
laws of heaven and earth are hid from those who have abused
the right to know them or who think that they "know it all."
Verse 26
— "Even so, Father, for it seemeth good in thy
sight."
Verse 27
— "All things are delivered unto the Christ, and no
man knoweth the Son but the Father; neither knoweth any
man the Father save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son
will reveal him."
God, and the Son knows the Father, and the Father knows the
Son, and we cannot know God unless the Christ reveals him
to us.
Verse 28
— "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest."
Verse 29
— "Take my yoke upon you and learn of me; for I
am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest for your
souls."
To those who are laden with the desires of the flesh and its
illusions, the Christ will relieve you of those burdens and the
soul will rest.
Man suffers only for wrong doing, and his burdens all come
from the wrong he has committed or the right not committed.
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Matthew, 12th chapter; l-10th verses.
—
Golden Text "The Sun of Man is Lord over the Sabbath
day."
They did not find fault with his work as much with his
clannish and material. They were always looking out for the
easy places. They did not like to work or struggle. This char-
They are, as a race, watching for bargains and to get the better
of others in a deal.
so that we may know that ihe good invariably meets with op-
position and criticism from evil.
Verse 3
— "But Jesus said, Have ye not read what David did
eat the shrew bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nei-
ther for them which was with him —but only for the priests."
ers.
Verse 5— "Or, have ye not read in the law how that on the
Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and
are blameless.
Verse 6
— "but 1 say unto you that in this place is ONE
greater than the temple."
Verse 7
— "But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will
If they had known that the Spiritual WITHIN man was pure
and guiltless of wrong, they would not condemn the material.
They broke a material law, not a Divine Law.
Verse 8
— "For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath day."
Christ cannot sin. Christ cannot break a law.
The man who is clean, wholesome and true may make mis-
takes in the material sense, but he does not break a Divine Law
when developed into the understanding of the Christ and the
Law of Christ.
None other rules him. No matter what the world may think
questioned.
All this does not mean that the developed Soul can commit
an act which would be wrong to the undeveloped.
but the Developed Soul knew that it was not a Divine Law
and therefore it was not a sin to him.
tiate knows how to judge each law and he can no more break
a Divine Law without suffering than can the most ignorant
human.
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Matthew, chapter 12th; 10-21 verses.
—
Golden Text "And in his name shall the Gentiles trust."
itual sense? The hands were made to use to work with, but
useless hand.
Verse 10
— "Behold there was a man who had his hand with-
ered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the
and suffering rather than to see him made whole by one whose
teachings did not conform to their own laws and beliefs. We
meet with the same antagonism and selfishness at the present
time.
Verse 11
— "And he said unto them, What man shall there be
among you, that shall have one sheep and if it fall into a pit
on the Sabbath day, will not lay hold on it and lift it out?"
Verse 12
— "How much then is a man better than a sheep?
Verse 13
— "Then said he to the man, Stretch forth thine
hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole,
Verse 14
— "Then the Pharisees went out and held a council
against him, how they might destroy him.
Verse 18
— "Behold my servant who 1 have chosen; my be-
loved, in whom my soul is well pleased; I will put my spirit
Gentiles as well.
Verse 19
— "He shall not strive or cry; neither shall any man
hear his voice in the streets."
rial ear. It is heard by the Soul, and the mind is made to un-
derstand.
Verse 20
— "A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking
flame shall he not quench, till he sends forth judgment unto
victory."
Verse 21
— "And in his name shall the Gentiles trust."
The Christ is for the world, ALL nations, and all nations
Christ.
n m
Matthew, 12th chapter; 22-31st verses.
Golden Text
— "He that is not with me is against me; and he
that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad."
All the Bible is written in symbols, and only those who are
Verse
—
22 "Then was brought unto him one possessed with
a devil, blind, deaf, and dumb; and he healed him, insomuch
that the blind and dumb both spake and saw."
Verse 23
— "This work caused all to believe in him; and they
"When the Pharisees saw it they said, This fellow doth not cast
not stand."
Verse 26
— "And if Satan cast out Satan, he is then divided
against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?"
scattered.
Verse 27
— "And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils by whom
do your children cast them out? Therefore, they will be your
judges."
If none but the evil had power to cast out devils, then those
of the Pharisees who had cured obsessions, and the prophets,
Evil is strong and holds fast to his kingdom within the Soul.
No man can enter and destroy him until he binds him, and ev 1
will not destroy evil nor spoil the house of evil Greater pow-
er is the only power that can overcome the lesser power.
Verse 30
— "He that is not with me is against me; and he
that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad."
If evil were with him it would not flee from him. If it were
with him it would cling and not scatter.
This lesson also teaches us that we can follow but one teach-
er, one leader. We cannot run after strange gods and still cling
Verse 31
— "Wherefore, I say unto you, ALL manner of sin
The Holy Ghost is the awakening of the Soul powers into the
Christ.
d m n
Matthew, chapter 12th; 33-43 verses.
—
Golden Text "For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and
by thy words thou shalt be condemned.''
u
We know that he that controlleth his tongue is greater than
Man speaks fair words and deceive many, while in his heart
Verse 33
— "Either make the tree good and his fruit good; or
else make the tree corrupt and his fruit corrupt; for the tree is
Verse 34
— "O, generation of vipers, how can ye being evil
speak good things; for out of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh."
Evil is able to deceive and speak fair and beautiful words,
but it cannot speak good things. The heart rules the tongue,
Verse 35
— "A good man out of the good treasures of the
heart bringeth forth good things; and an evil man out of the
Verse 36
— "But I say unto you, that every idle word that
men shall speak, they shall give an account thereof in the day
of judgment."
Verse 37
— "For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by
thy words thou shalt be condemned."
Verse 38 — In this verse they ask him for a sign. These were
the Scribes and Pharisees. "Master, we would see a sign from
thee."
Verse 39
— "And he answered and said unto them, An evil
Verse 40
— "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in
the whale's belly; so will the Son of Man be three days and
three nights in the heart of the earth."
He would not obey. His disobedience grew until all the real
Verse 42
— "The Queen of the South shall rise up in judg-
ment with this generation and shall condemn it; for she came
from the uttermost part of the earth to hear the wisdom of
Solomon, and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here."
the desire for Wisdom and Truth brought her out from the
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Golden Text
— "Whosoever shall do the will of my Father
fails in gaining its former place, it will draw all spirits (or
Good spirits bring peace and rest, even though the world is
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Do not mistake the word spirit here. We do not mean the dis-
Verse 44
— "Then he saith, 1 will return into my house from
whence I came out; and whence he is come he findeth it empty,
swept and garnished."
This is the mind drifting back into the channels of old sen-
sual, greedy and wicked desires even for an instant of time.
Verse 45
— "And he goeth out and taketh with himself seven
other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and
dwell there; and the last end of that man is worse than the first.
partners with it and the last state is worse than the first. It
may be the love of drink and the turning away from it, with
the result that another and worse habit is formed. Do not,
There is but one way if you desire to free yourself from any
bad habit. First seek something good that you desire, some
work that you desire to accomplish, then turn the thoughts and
desires from the evil and use them for the accomplishment of
the good.
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Verse 46 While he talked to the people, behold his mother
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and brethren stood without desiring to speak with him.
Verse 47
— "Then one said unto him, Behold thy mother and
thy brethren stand without desiring to speak unto thee."
Verse 48
— "But he. answered and said unto him that told
him, Who is my mother and who are my brethren?"
Verse 48
— "For whosoever shall do the will of my Father
which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister and
mother."
It has been claimed that Jesus disowned his mother and
brethren on this occasion, but this is not the Truth. Far from
it. In speaking to the multitudes, and in teaching the disciples,
Jesus does not refer to himself as the flesh but as the Christ
WITHIN him.
His mother believed in him and knew the Christ, for she
CONCEIVED the Christ and gave him birth. She remem-
bered his words and "pondered them in her heart." She was
not only the mother of Jesus, but also of the Christ. Christ is
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Matthew, 13th chapter; l-23rd verses.
Golden Text— "Blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your
ears, for they hear."
No lesson was ever given which was clearer than this lesson.
When the Christ judges Self and the world, all the Self, self-
Verse 11
— "He answered and said unto them, Because it is
"Seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they
understand."
Verse 15
— "For this people's hearts are waxed gross, and their
ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes THEY have closed lest
at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their
There are many such today, who hearing the Truth flee from
it, preferring to stay under the old laws of the letter and not of
the spirit, and many love sin so well they will not come to the
Verse 16 — But the eyes and ears of the true, earnest, sincere
Verse 17
— "For verily I say unto you that many prophets
and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye
see and have not seen them, and to hear those things which ye
hear and have not heard them."
What was it they had seen and heard which the "prophets
and righteous men desired to see and hear and did not?" It
was the voice of the Christ, and the works of the Christ, and
the perfected Christ upon the earth, in the flesh, among men.
The Lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world
come to Life, demonstrating and giving Life, and was manifest-
ed to the world that destroyed it in the beginning. Truth is
And those seeds fall away and the evil thoughts devour them
so that the soul cannot receive them.
And "some fell upon stony places, where they had not much
earth, and forthwith they sprung up because they had no deep-
ness of earth."
"And when the sun was up they were scorched; because they
had no root they withered away."
the water of Mental baptism; and when he saw that the Apos-
tles had greater power he offered them money because he
thought to make money by the same power.
The power of God is not given for money, because the soul
must be AWAKENED by its own power and not for any ma-
Verse 23 —Then "the seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns
These are the people who will not cast out greed and the de-
Verse 23
— "But he that receiveth seed into the good ground
is he that heareth the Word and understandeth it; which also
These are the true seekers and students. Those who want
the Truth for the good they can do with it. These are the
seekers who follow their Master and obey him, who do not run
after strange gods, and who do not mix their instructions as
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Matthew, 13th chapter; 23-46th verses.
this because the ears that were not dulled to spiritual sense
would hear and understand, while the profane could not un-
derstand, and, therefore, could not misuse or destroy it.
Verse 28
— "The field is the world; the good seeds are the
children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the
wicked one."
accept the Christ, who turn from the evil and the laws of the
flesh.
The children of the tares are those who cling to evil and will
devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are
the angels.
and when the Christ comes WITHIN the soul, then is the har-
Verse 41
— "The Son of Man shall send forth his angels, and
they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend and
all his angels, which are purity and goodness and Truth, and
we gather out of his kingdom (our souls) all things that offend
Verse 42
— "And shall cast them out into a furnace of fire;
Fire of God. When we tear the evil tares from within our
soul, we tear out the things we have loved and sown, and this
gives great pain; and, again, there is pain and suffering, for we
see our wickedness and evil.
Verse 43
— "Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in
the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear let him
hear."
When we have cast all the evil and wickedness from us then
that which is righteous within us shines forth, and we know it
little pearls that shine and glitter in the illusions of the senses
but if they cost us the price of our soul, or of any soul, they
lead us to death.
pearls the world can give; "For what will it profit a man if he
gain the whole world and lose his own soul?''
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If they had known God they would have rejoiced to see His
Verse 47
— "The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net that
Verse 48
— "Which when it was full they drew to shore, and
gathered the good into the vessels but cast the bad away."
Verse 49
— "So shall it be at the end of the world. The an-
gels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from the just."
Verse 50
— "And shall cast them into the furnace of fire; then
and works; when we sever ourselves from the hold of all evil
thoughts, words, deeds and actions, and cast them into the Fire
Verse 52
— "Then said he unto them, Therefore every Scribe
We bring out the new within us and cast out the old —the
old man of flesh and evil.
Verse 54
— "And when he was come unto his own country,
he taught them in their synagogues, insomuch that they were
astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom and
these mighty works?"
They all came out to hear him and to criticise, and not for
Truth's sake. Like many of today, they come to see the teach-
good where we cannot see it, simply because WE are blind and
not because it is not there.
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Verse 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his moth-
er called Mary, and his brethren James, and John, and Simon,
and Judas?"
Verse 56
— "And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence
then hath this man all these things?"
anything along the material lines where they may gain some-
cess and power but not religion is the cry. And it is because
they are blind to the fact that the greater we attain in religion,
the more will be added unto us. We are worthy of all material
This is the symbol of the fatal fall of mental healing and teach-
ing, because it is an instrument which the evil can use, and it
tact with Divine Laws until after he obeys. Then let him take
care how he builds.
There are three laws— Divine, Mental and Material. Each state
Verse 13
— "And when Jesus heard of it he departed thence
by ship into a desert place apart; and when the people heard
lence and evil laws. All good departs from evil surroundings.
Verse 14
— "And Jesus went forth and saw a great multitude
and was moved with compassion towards them, and he healed
their sick-,"
all things. And we attain only according to the faith and love
we have for the thing we seek.
supply their needs, for we read that "Judas had the bag and
Again, when the Master told them th^t one shall betray him,
and he gave the sup to Judas. "They thought that Jesus had
said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against
They could not buy unless they had the money, and they
\* ould not have had the bag unless they had money. But
Judas "bare what was put therein."
Verse 15
— "And when it was evening his disciples came to
him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past;
send the multitude away that they may go into the villages and
buy themselves victuals."
The disciples were yet looking after the material needs and
desires.
Verse 16
— "But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart;
Jesus knew what they had need of. This multitude were
seeking life and health and strength, and that is why he healed
them. They sought him, and he gave them the reward of the
search.
Verse 17
— "And they said unto him, We have but five loaves
They had but little to give so vast a crowd, but it had not
occurred to them THAT WHAT THEY HAD would be of any
service. They did not know that the multitude were not hun-
gry for material things but for the things of the Spirit,and that
one Master has enough of the Spiritual food to feed vast mul-
titudes and to satisfy millions of true seekers.
Verse 18
— "He said, Bring them hither to me."
Do we realize BRING
the importance of this sentence?
WHAT YOU HAVE TO THE CHRIST AND YOU WILL
BE ABLE TO FEED THOUSANDS.
Verse. 19
— "And he commanded the multitude to sit down on
the grass, and took the five loaves and two fishes, and looking
up to heaven, he blessed and brake and gave the loaves to his
Verse 25— "And they did EAT and WERE filled; and they
took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full."
We cannot find one instance where Jesus sent any one away.
We read that he healed ALL. We read where he encourages us
to bring the least that we have and make use of it. And we
find him always giving others blessings, hope, peace and health.
to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side
while he sent the multitude away."
Verse 23
— "And when he had sent the multitude away, he
went up intoa mountain apart to pray; and when the evening
was come, he was there alone."
We are often sent out on the storm-tossed seas just to try our
strength. When we bring our gifts to f the Christ, and are ac-
ing down upon us, THEN is our strength tried. Then we find
Verse 25
— "In the fourth watch of the night Jesus went un-
Verse 26
— "And when the disciples saw him walking on the
sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out
for fear."
How many times have we seen him on troubled seas and felt
Verse 27 — And yet how many times have we heard and real-
ized that there is no need of fear, that all things are possible to
Verse 29 — And Jesus said, "Come, and when Peter was come
down out of the ship he walked on the sea to go to Jesus."
Verse 30
— "But when he saw the wind boisterous, HE WAS
AFRAID; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save
me."
Verse 31— u And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand
caught him, O THOU OF
and said unto him, LITTLE
FAITH WHEREOF DIDST THOU DOUBTS
We need not fear. No sea can overcome us if we depend on
the Master — if we understand the power which may be ours.
Verse 32
— "And when they came to the ship the wind ceas-
ed."
the power of Truth and Right, the winds will cease. The true
faith will always prevail over the strifes, and cares, and fears.
Verse 34
— "And when they were gone over, they came into
Verse 35
— "And when the men of that place had KNOWL-
EDGE of him, they sent out unto all the country round about
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Matthew, 15th chapter; l-21st verses.
—
Golden Text "Every plant that my heavenly Father hath
not planted shall be rooted up."
Again the Scribes and Pharisees followed after Jesus with the
desire to find fault with every act he and his disciples commit.
If we watch ourselves carefully in our development of the
Christ, we will find the same old Scribes and Pharisees still per-
suing and finding fault. We all see what we can see, and those
who see always the faults in other people cannot see only what
of the eyes comes from the heart. We see what the heart sees.
If the heart sees good it will see good everywhere. It does not
matter how high or how low, the bad heart will always see bad
no matter how much good there may be. And the evil heart
always sees evil in good. When Christ enters within man,
then evil sees him all wrong. He may sacrifice, he may ac-
complish great good, but evil always persecutes and finds room
somewhere to find fault.
Now, this time they found fault with the disciples because
they did not wash their hands when they ate bread.
ously precise about the material, are lax about the spiritual. It
from me."
This is pose and not poise. How many come honoring with
words when the heart is far from the right, far from Truth?
Verse 9
— "But in vain do they worship me; teaching for
doctrines the commandments of men."
A man who knows not where Christ is, nor what he is, is a
nated. '
Verse 11
— "And he said unto them, Not that which goeth in-
to the mouth defileth man, but that which cometh out of the
mouth; this defileth."
can speak when the heart is evil. These come from the heart
OUT of the mouth.
Verse 12
— "Then came his disciples, and said unto him,
Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended after they heard
this saying?"
Jesus pointed out to them where they erred in the keeping of
the Divine Law
— "Honor thy father and mother," and they
knew that he judged them aright.
Vere 13
—"And he answered them and said, Every plant
up."
Do you know what these plants are? Have you any planted
WITHIN you which God has not planted? It shall be rooted
up if you have.
Verse 14
— "Let them alone; they be blind leaders of the
blind, and if the blind lead the blind both shall fall into the
ditch."
The blind cannot see. Those who are blind to Divine Law
cannot follow it, and those who follow them will stumble and
fall with them. All material desires of the flesh LEAD THE
BLIND.
Even the disciples were yet unable to understand this parable
Verse 16
— "And Jesus said, "Are- ye also yet without under-
standing?"
Verse 17
— "Do not ye yet understand; that what entereth in
at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the
draught?"
Verse 18
— "But those things who proceed out of the mouth
come from the heart; and they defile the man."
Verse 19— "For out of the heart proceed EVIL THOUGHTS
— murderers, fornications,
adultries, thefts, false witness, bias*
phemies."
Verse 20
— "These are the things which defile a man; but to
Golden Text
— " Be it unto thee even as thou wilt."
When the multitude clung to Jesus he did not send any away
hungry nor faint. He had compassion on all who seeked the
Truth, who are anhungered for the Bread of Life, and those
who "continue with him" without anything to eat need not
Christ knows the false and untrue who come tempting and
finding fault from those who come in sincerity and Truth seek-
ing.
Verse 21
— "Then Jesus went thence and departed into the
coast of Tyre and Sidon."
4,
Verse 22 And behold a woman of Canaan came out of the
same coast and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O
Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with
a devil."
Verse 23
— "And he answered her not a word, and his disci-
ples came and besought him, saying, Send her away, for she
crieth after us."
The disciples did not yet know the Master nor that the Christ
was the Life within man which awakens and responds to the
cry of those troubled and distressed.
They did not recognize the cry, and the hunger, and the long-
ing of the woman's soul, nor that she did not ask for herself*
Verse 24
— "But he answered and said, I am not sent but un-
whole world. The Jews were the most material and disobedi-
ent of that day. They were repeatedly failing, losing and go-
ing into materialism and flesh serving, and that is why Jesus
came to teach them —because they were the lost. They were
not the chosen, but were the lost.
The Gentiles were the teachers of the Truth, and taught Jesus
with their own people. God is within all life and being in all
Verse 27
— "And she said, Truth, Lord, >et the dogs eat of
She knew the lowest and the humblest could eat and be made
whole.
Verse 28
— "Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O wo-
man, great is thy faith; be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And
her daughter was made whole from that very hour."
We all reap the reward of our faith. WE may all attain all
believing.
Verse 30
— "Then the multitudes came to him. There were
those that were lame, blind, maimed, and many others, and
they cast them down at Jesus' feet, and he healed them."
Golden Text
— "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the
lieved it. They were much given to the study of spirits and
spiritism. They believed that Jesus' demonstrations of power
was from the spirit world. That is why they believed that he
cast out devils through Beelzebub, the Prince of Devils.
tral world.
He baptized with the Holy Ghost and with Fire, and these
were the only agencies he employed. This is not spiritism. It
Verse 3
— "And in the morning, it will be foul weather today,
for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can dis-
cern the face of the sky, but can ye not discern the signs of the
time?"
Material signs, which the material eyes could see, they could
see, but the Christ nor the sign of the Christ they knew not.
They knew not his works and manifestations, and could not
distinguish between Divine Law and spiritualistic phenomena.
Verse 4
— "A wicked and adulterous generation, seeketh after
a sign, and there shall no sign be given it but the sign of the
prophet Jonas."
Verse 5
— "And when his disciples were come to the other
side, they had forgotten to take bread."
Verse 6
— "Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware
of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Saducees."
ing, and that the power within, though small, was capable of
giving more than was necessary. They also forgot how often
they had drawn upon him for strength and necessary assistance
and he gave them far more than they had need of. Such is
protecting us, giving and sustaining us, and yet we doubt and
do not obey from fear and weakness.
Verse 11
— "How is it that ye do not understand that I speak
it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the
leaven of the Pharisees and the Saducees?"
Verse 12
— "Then understood they how that he bade them
not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrines of the
and by association with the opposition they were not yet able
to understand the difference between Divine Law and Power
and the phenomena-producing Pharisees, and the antagonism
and infidelity of the scientific Saducees.
Just here is where many students are led wrong today. They
ido not know the leaven of the Pharisees and Saducees from the
Divine Law of Truth. They want something they can SEE,
not understanding that the physical eye cannot see the true
True, pure, honest, sincere seeking for the Real Power, the
Christ will enable you to see and use Divinity. All other pow-
er is of evil and an illusion.
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God."
We have here the famous confession of Peter.
for they were all baptized at the time with Fire, or the Holy
Ghost, for "cloven tongues as of fire sat upon EACH of them,"
key to the knowledge held by the men and masters of that time.
If Jesus did not believe in Reincarnation, WHY DID HE ask
this question?
In the answer made by the disciples, we also have the proof <
this the thought that it deserves it will help you much to make
your future as God intended that it should be.
Verse. 15
— "He saith unto them, But whom say YE that I
Flesh and blood cannot reveal the Christ to you or any other
man. The Father WITHIN, the Life, the Soul ONLY can
acknowledge, accept and KNOW the Son of God
The Soul is the Church we are ALL building. That is, if we
are to live in the Beyond. It is the one that will be "bound in
and blood it must eventually fall, for flesh and blood are not
of the kingdom of heaven. The law of the flesh would prevail
against the soul and destroy it. It leads away from Christ and
NOT to HIM. Thus Peter, as a man of flesh, did not receive
Verse 17
— "Jesus said to him on his confession: "Blessed art
thou Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it
As God said, "Ye are the Temples of the LIVING God "or
heaven, it was the Illuminated Soul of Peter which revealed
Christ to him. He,through long suffering and long training had
Verse 18
— "Upon this rock I will build my church and the
gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
mankind.
Verse 19
— "And I will give unto thee the keys to the kingdom
of heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be
bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt lose on earth shall
be loosed in heaven."
many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be
killed, and be raised again the third day."
Jesus knew all that would come upon him, and he told
the disciples on one occasion that they also would suffer much
because of him — not of him as Jesus, but of the Christ.
Peter saw no higher than the grave. He was not yet lllumi"
nated, and did not know that the man of flesh must first die
Verse 23
— "But he turned and said unto Peter, Get thee be-
hind me, Satin; thou art an offense to me, for thou savorest
not the things that be of God, but those that be of men."
Verse 24
— "Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man
will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross
the Cross that takes us to the Christ and to eternal life; but it
Verse 25
— "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it, and
whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it."
and LOSE the DESIRES and ambitions for the glories of the
material, and desire for Truth in Christ brings life eternal.
Verse 27
— "For what is a man profitted if he shall gain the
whole world and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give
LIFE.
Verse 27
— 'Tor the Son of Man shall come in the glory of
his Father with his angels, and then he shall reward every man
according to his works."
Verte 28
— "Verily 1 say unto you, there be some standing
here which shall not taste of death till they see the Son of Man
coming in his kingdom."
The coming of the Christ brings death to all that is mortal;
all that is worldly and corrupted.
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Golden Text
— "And Jesus came and touched them and said,
Verse 1
— "And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James and
John, his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain
apart."
Verse 2
— "And was transfigured before them; and his face
did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light."
ples, nor any other place, for he took them "apart" where there
were no antagonistic or destructive vibrations.
These three disciples were developed beyond the others, and
there was harmony and love between them. There would have
been a great^ demonstration and persecution had this taken pla:e
before many, but all the greatest works of Jesus were accom-
plished in the Silence, in secrecy and before a few, not before
His power was WITHIN, and only those who were Illumi-
Verse 3
— "And behold there appeared unto them Moses and
Elias talking with Jesus."
Verse 5
— " While he yet spake, behold a bright cloud over-
shadowed them; and behold a voice out of the cloud which
said, This is my beloved Son in whom 1 am well pleased; hear
,,
ye him.
but the voice commanded them that Christ is the Son, and
Verse 6
— "And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their
Spirit.
Verse 7
— "And Jesus came and touched them and said,
voice of the Christ WITHIN the Soul which is "the voice out
of the cloud."
Verse 9
— "And as they came down from the mountain,
Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man until the
Yes.
Christ within the Soul of man. The second death is the final
triumph over the flesh, the world and all evil. It is the supreme
Verse 10
— "And his disciples asked him again, Why then say
the scribes that Elias must first come?"
Verse 11
— "And Jesus said unto them, Elias truly shall first
Verse 12
— "But 1 say unto you that Elias is come already,
and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever
they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of Man suffer of
them."
John the Baptist was the restorer of the lost Mental Laws.
the law was authority, for the Spiritual law was lost to them.
ed the way for the Christ by preparing the Mind, turning the
minds away from the evil to bring forth fruits meet for repent-
ance. ,
Verse 13
— "The disciples understood that he spake unto them
of John the Baptist."
ON OF MAN
HRISTIG
A BOOK HE MILLIONS
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Golden Text
— "If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed,
you/'
and Jesus tells them WHY. They, of course, had not yet at-
minated.
He says the Son of Man, the man Jesus, for the Christ is not
crucified except by evil. When we destroy the Christ within
They were sorry because they did not know beyond the flesh
Verse 24
— " and when they were come to Capernaum, they
that received tribute money came to Peter and said, Doth your
?"
Master pay tribute
Jesus chose Capernaum as his home after his ejection and ill
of strangers?
Verse 26
— "And Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus
The tribute money was for the support of the temple of the
Jews.
Jesus was a Jew after the flesh, and, therefore, was no stran-
obeyed the law of order and of the civil authorities who ruled.
He was not violent, and did not stir up violence and strife.
But the Christ understood the law of the just and the unjust;
and to preserve the law of piece and goodness and silence, he
would willingly lose — the material good — give it up without
complaint for the greater good.
go as Jesus did. The unjust will pay the price for the injus-
tice.
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They thought then, as now, that the Soul World was the
kingdom of heaven.
The kingdom of heaven is on the earth in a very, very few
souls and in a very few souls in the Soul World, for the Soul
Verse 5
— "And whosoever shall receive one such little child
This means those who shall purify the soul receives within
the soul the Purity and Truth, and purified desires and trust of
the child receives Christ, for Christ is pure, holy and sacred.
Verse 6
— "But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones
which believe in me, it were better for him that a mill-stone
were hanged about his neck and that he were drowned in the
Be careful that you bring harm to none and your soul is not
harmed by its own deeds.
Verse 7
— "Woe unto the world because of oifence, for it
thing the revenge and hate of man is; for greater woe comes to
ties.
Verse 9
— "If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast it
from thee, rather than having both eyes to be cast into hell
fire."
If the eye sees sensual and the gross, and loves to look upon
the gross and the vile, cast the lustful eye out. It is better to
see but little good than to see a lot of evil. The lustful eye
Golden Text
— "Where two or three are gathered together in
praise and self- absorption, and self- glory in their hearts seeking
Neither can you reap of the heavenly things until you do the
will of heaven.
Verse 10
— "Take heed that ye despise not one of these little
ones, for I say unto you that in heaven their angels do always
behold the face of my Father which is in heaven."
The angels of heaven are the pure souls of gods, and a child
its mind is pure and fresh from the Soul world. If we despise
There are a few men and women (and we thank God they
are few) who despise children.
Why do they?
The answer is easy. If they love the fresh and pure and in-
nocent they would admire the symbols, for the child is a sym-
bol of purity.
Verse 11
— "The Son of Man is come to save that which is
lost."
Jesus came to save the lost ones, the soul that had fallen.
Verse 12
— "How think ye, if a man had an hundred sheep
and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety
and nine and goeth into the mountains and seeketh that which
is gone astray?"
Verse 13
— "And if so he find it, verily I say unto you, he re-
joiceth more of that sheep than of the ninety and nine that
We may be almost whole, and have but one sin that lead us
away from the Father, and when we find that evil within us
We have seen such men and women who were big, true,
The good would be all good and not one soul perish.
Verse 18
— "For whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be
be loosed in heaven."
But take care what you ask. The Father in heaven does not
comply with an evil request.
u
Golden Rule So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also
unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his
and again.
But Jesus said, "I say not unto thee until seven times, but,
One hundred and forty times does require great patience and
Verse 23
— "The Kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain
king, which would TAKE ACCOUNT OF HIS SERVANTS."
Verse 24
— "And when he had began to reckon, one was
brought unto him which owed him ten thousand talents."
much?
Verse 25 — But the man could not pay. There was not much
good in him. He was very far from owning much goodness.
Verse 26
— "The servant, therefore, fell down and worshipped
him, saying, Lord, have patience with me and I will pay."
Verse 27
— "Then the Lord of the servant was moved with
compassion, and loosed him and forgave him his debt."
How many beg for mercy in the same way? We will prom-
ise and think we will be good, but we do like the man did.
Verse 28
— "The same servant went out and found one of his
Verse 32
— "Then his Lord, after he had called him, said unto
him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave all that debt because
Verse 33
— "Shouldst not thou also have had compassion on
thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee?"
Verse 35
— "So my heavenly Father do also
likewise shall
Golden Text
— "If thou wilt enter into Life keep thou the
Commandments/'
The preceeding part of this chapter cannot be explained sat-
Jesus tells the rich young man, who has come to ask him
what good thing he must do to inherit eternal Life, that if he
would enter into Life he must keep the Commandments — HE
MUST OBEY.
This young man was a moral man. He had kept the law
and the prophets from "his youth up," yet he knew he lacked
one good thing, and he desired to know.
thing, and had not lied, nor cheated anybody in all his life, and
had honored his father and mother and his neighbor.
"Sell that thou has and give to the poor and thou shall have
treasures in heaven, and come and follow me."
But the young man "went away sorrowful, for he had great
possessions."
He could not separate himself from his treasures and give all
Verse 23
— "Then Jesus said to his disciples, Verily I say unto
you that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of
heaven."
Verse 26
— "But Jesus beheld them and said unto them, With
men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
The man of the world, and he who has given himself over
to the love and worship of the temporal powers and material
gains, CANNOT see the power of the Soul of a Christ; but
when God is developed within man, the God in him sees the
power and glory of God, and with the God in him AWAK-
ENED "all things are possible." He can SAVE HIMSELF.
Verse 27 — Peter, who found it such a great struggle to attain
poise, and who lacked understanding, asks: "Behold we have
forsaken all and followed thee; what shall we have therefor?"
Verse 28
— "And Jesus said unto them, Verily 1 say unto you
Israel."
fulness and evil, and Sun of Man —the SOUL OF MAN is*
tribes.
Verse 29
— "And every one that hath forsaken houses, or
brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children,
as some believe. It only means that the ties of the flesh must
not be so strong that it keeps us from our duty and obedience
to the Master's commands.
ASPIRATION PERFECT!
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Golden Text— "So the last shall be first, and the first last;
There are many who have gone before us who have not at-
tained as supreme a state of Sonship as some who come to a
realization of the duty and obedience to the Christ late in life.
Those who come late and work may attain just as much as he
who comes early. The first may not have so much to give up,
but the last may love the most and work even harder and be
more sincere and earnest.
Verse 1
— 'Tor the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man
that is an householder which went out early in the morning to
These were they who come at the first break of the dawn of
Verse 3
— "He went out about the third hour, and saw others
standing idle in the market place."
These are those who do nothing for Truth; they are idle, but
"Went out about the sixth hour and ninth hour and did like-
wise."
The way is always open from youth to old age, from the
dawn of morn till the eleventh hour, even until the sun sets.
Verse 8
— "So when even was come, the Lord of the vine-
yard said to the stewart, Call the laborers and give them their
There are many who come last who attain as much as the
The great curse of this day is that seekers want to run after
many Masters and there are so many who, when they see a suc-
teachings.
Verse 9 — Thus, when they came that were hired about the
man a penny.
Verse 11
— " And when they received it they murmured against
Verse 14
— "Take that thine is and go thy way. 1 will give
We all work for the same glory, the same Christhood and
Mastership, and shall we complain because they who come after
last."
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stood the teachings and loved his Master best, and who Leaned
on Jesus, was always nearest to his Soul, he wanted to bet given
exceptional favor.
These two brothers, James and John, who Jesus loved, desired
to sit one on his left hand and one on his right. This is a custom
yet in vogue among certain classes. The guest of honor are
Verse 22
— "But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what
ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of,
Verse 23— " And he saith unto them, ye shall indeed drink
of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized
with, but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine
to give, BUT IT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO THEM for whom
it is prepared of my Father."
They were able to drink of the cup of the Cross and of
Christ and were able to be baptized with Soul, but the height
Verse 25— "But Jesus called them to him and said, Ye know
that the princes of the Gentiles (all the nations) exercise do-
minion over them, and they that are great exercise authority
upon them."
Verse 26
— "But it shall not be so among you; but whosoever
will be great among you let him be the minister."
Verse 27
— "And whosoever will be chief among you, let him
be your servant/'
Verse 28
— "Even as the Son of Man came not to be minis-
tered unto, but to minister and give his life a ransom for
many."
To become Christs we must not receive nor expect to receive
for self power and glory, but we must GIVE, and give the best
we have — give the Christ Spirit to the high and the low.
Eyptians was a god of might and power, and was the same
God that Jesus taught, but the Hebrews did not understand the
symbol of the great Light —the Light that had the power of
Hebrews believed him the Giver of their Laws and the leader
of the people.
material and could not see beyond the flesh, thev saw not the
The ass to them was a gift of Abraham, and was their sym-
bol of love, and peace, and rest. They had to have something
they could see, something material and of the flesh for a sym-
bol.
Verse 2
— "Jesus sent two disciples, saying unto them, Go
into the village over against you, and straightway ye will find
an ass and a colt with her; loose them and bring them unto
me."
Verse 6
— "And the disciples went and did as Jesus command-
ed them/'
Verse 7
— "And they brought the ass and the colt and put on
in the way, others cut branches from the trees and strewed
Verse 9
— "And the multitude that went before and that fol-
est."
him?
It was because they had all witnessed his power, and they
over them; but as a Christ or the Spiritual King they could not
see, and KNEW not and had not, they would not accept him
or pay homeage.
When we are popular with the world and with the multitude
we are great, and they will honor us all the more, not for what
we are, but for what others think of us and for the power we
manifest.
They saw the exterior, the man, the physical Jesus and the
v
God like unto curruptible man" was the God and King they
They did not say this is the Christ, the Son of God, but they
said:
They worshipped only what they could see, and not "the
King that came in peace, and rest, and promise of life eternal."
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Golden Text
— "Whatsoever ye ask in prayer believing ye
shall receive."
out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew
the tables of the money chargers and the seats of them that
sold doves.'
Do you buy and sell in the temple of God, and do you sell
doves?
Verse 13
— "And he said unto them, It is written, my house
shall be called the house of prayer but ye have made it a den
of thieves."
But Jesus the Christ can overthrow them and cast them all
Verse 14
— "And the blind and the lame came to him in the
Verse 15
— "And when the Chief Priests and Scribes saw the
wonderful things that he did, and the children crying IN THE
TEMPLE, saying, hosanna to the Son of David, they were sore
displeased."
Verse 16
— "And they said unto him, Hearest thou what these
say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea, have ye never read, out
Verse 18
— "Now, in the morning as he returned into the city
he hungered."
Verse 19
— "And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came
to it and found nothing thereon but leaves only, and said unto
it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforth forever. And presently
This fig tree is but the symbol of the illusions of material de-
ance of fruit and life, but they are not. Hence, let ALL MA-
TERIAL ILLUSIONS WITHER AWAY FOREVER.
This is the real meaning of the fig tree parable.
Verse 20
— "And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled,
lives in all its glory, as the tree in all its splendor, but tomor-
row it — withered.
is gone
Verse 21
— "Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say
unto you, if you have faith and doubt not ye shall not only do
this which is done the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto the
mountain be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea, it
shall be done."
into the seas of past Karmas, and "All things we desire in the
The Pharisees and Scribes were not yet able to see or realize
that Jesus' power was above the material laws, or laws of su-
perstition.
had no souls they did not understand the power of the Soul
that it was far above the physical and mental laws. And they
Verse 24
— "And Jesus answered them, I will also ask you
one thing, which f ye tell me, I in likewise will tell you by
what authority 1 do these things."
souls, and knew they were hypocrites who only wished to argue
and entangle him.
Verse 26
— "But if we say of men, we fear the people, for all
Verse 27
— "And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot
tell. And he said to them, Neither tell 1 you by what authority
I do these things."
If they did not know the power of Mind, how could they
know the power of Soul?
The baptism of John, whence was it? From heaven or of
men?
John was a Mental teacher. He baptized with Mind. Is
Verse 28
— "But what think ye; a certain man had two sons,
Verse 29— "He answered and said, 1 will not, but afterwards
The mind leads and it builds. The soul desires, and with the
Verse 31
—" Which of them twain did the will of the father?
They said unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I
say unto you, that the publicans and harlots go into the king-
dom of God before you."
Why?
Because too much mind of the self-righteous and those who
know so much they cannot learn from others will not build the
soul, but those who are despised and shunned long within the
soul for better conditions and associations; therefore the desire
counts.
The mental "know it all" does not go, but the ones that de-
thinking.
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LiTTHtRt Be: Li|
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The Soul that turns away and will not accept the Christ is
the builder that rejects the stone, which is "the head of the
Corner."
Verse 33
— "There was a certain householder, which planted
a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a vine
Verse 34
— "And when the time of the fruit drew near, he
sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the
Verse 35
— "And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat
one, and killed another, and stoned another."
Verse 36
— " Again he sent other servants more than the first;
Verse 37
— "But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying,
they will reverence my son."
Verse 38
— "But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said
among themselves, this is the heir; come let us kill him and let
Verse 39
— "And they caught him and cast him out of the
from that which destroys and to take up that which not only
but one chance and they even destroy that. When the desires
to turn to the good, the flesh will do all in its power to destroy
Verse 41
— "They said unto him, he will miserably destroy
those wicked men, and will let out his vineyards unto other
husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their season."
When the Soul awakens it will turn to the Truth and will
Thus the stone which the builders rejected the same is become
the head of the corner.
Verse 43
— "Therefore I say unto you, the kingdom of God
shall be taken from you and given to a nation bringing forth
the fruit thereof."
Man can reject the Truth and the good until it will be utterly
Verse 44
— "And whosoever shall fall on the stone shall be
powder."
If the soul fails to awaken and will not accept him it thrusts
itself assunder. It is broken and will die, but those who accept
soul, and will see and know all the evil within and will cast it
Verse 2
— "And sent forth his servants to call them that were
Man with all his reason and foresight cannot see beyond the
material, that its pleasures are but short lived. Everything that
is done for the body must be done again and again. It drinks
body overcomes mind and soul, and they are but slaves to the
desires of the body.
The good things, the real things, the life and peace of the
soul they refuse, sacrifice and "will not come" to the law of
Truth and Life.
Verse 3
— "But they made light of it, and went their ways,
one to his farm, another to his merchandise."
The world always makes light of Truth; turns away after the
material (farm), their merchandise (trades). Give people the
Ancient Wisdom of the Initiates and they call us fools.
They mock it, sneer it, but they see only that which is pos-
Verse 6
— "And the remnant took his servants and entreated
them spitefully/'
Verse 7
— "But when the king heard thereof he was wroth;
and he sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and
burned up their city."
therefore
Verse 8
— "He saith to his servants, The wedding is ready but
Verse 9
— "Go ye, therefore, into the highways, and as many
as ye shall find bid to the marriage."
The Truth is not for one, not for one nation only, but for
everybody.
Verse 10
— "So those servants went out into the highways and
gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and
good; and the wedding was furnished with guests.
The Truth is manifested to all, good and bad, and the bad
may partake of all that the good have had if they wear wed-
less." ,
Verse 13
— "Then the king said to the servants, Bind him
hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into utter
There are many who mix in with the true followers of the
Christ who are not true. The people may be fooled, and are
fooled, by these pretenders, but they cannot inherit the kingdom
of Christ by outward pretense and inward evil.
Verse 14
— "For many are called, but few are chosen."
Those who are true, sincere and abide in Truth are chosen.
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—
Golden Text ''Render unto Caesar the things that are Ce-
sar's; and unto God the things that are God's."
calling him Master, and used the most flattering words, think-
ing they could hide their thoughts and motive of the heart.
Verse 16
— "They sent out unto him their disciples with Her-
odian, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest
the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man, for
Verse 17
— "Tell us, therefore, what thinkest thou; Is it law-
Jesus was yet in Capernaum, and the city was under the
Roman rule. It was necessary, therefore, to pay the tribute
Verse 18
— "But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said,
?"
why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites
Though they wore their purple and fine linens with the ply-
no matter how he came. He also knew the soul that was weary
of sin and strife with the flesh.
This was the secret of his power. Jesus understood and read
the souls of men. "He needed not that any should testify of
Verse 18
— "Show me the tribute money. And they brought
Verse 20
— "And he said unto them. Whose is the image and
superscription ?"
Verse 21
— "They said unto him. Caesar's. Then said he
Caesar was a great king, but he was wicked, evil and mater-
ial. The material penny and the gain the world, therefore,
belonged to Caesar. Render unto evil the things that are evil;
give back to evil that which belongs to it, but give unto Goc
that which belongs to God.
smart men, the learned, and held the high places. They knew
Caesar's image and superscription, but they did not know
God's.
They could but see the man Jesus, whom they had not suc-
is our own; that we are deceived, and blinded, and led astray
by the great brilliancy of our own wary mind.
Had they known how small and puny their little, narrow,
dwarfed souls were they would have known much more than
they thought they knew.
truth.
TRY TEACHINGS
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Golden Text
— "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and
thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
Jesus said "On these two commandments hang all the law
and the prophets."
heart and the soul, and we know we have attained all that the
ourselves."
brother.
him."
Verse 24
— "Master, Moses said, If a man die, and hath no
children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed un-
to his brother."
Verse 25
— "Now, there were with us seven brethren; and the
first when he married a wife, deceased, and having no issue left
Verse 26
— "Likewise the second also, and the third unto the
seventh."
They thought, and think yet, that there is a great day of resur-
rection, when the dead shall rise up from their graves and will
be set apart, the good together and the bad, and will be judged
by a great personal Being they call God.
The passing of the soul from the body into the Soul world
is not resurrection, for many souls pass over which have never
Verse 31
— "But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have
ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,"
Verse 32
— "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob. God is not the God of the dead
but of the LIVING."
Many are in the flesh who are dead to God. Therefore, who
are the living?
ped the God of the dead. There is no God of the dead. They
have no God, but darkness and destruction; and God, the
Creator, is not the God of darkness nor of destruction.
Verse 41
— "While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus
asked them:"
Verse 42
— "Saying, What think ye of the Christ? Whose
son is he?"
Verse 43
— "He saith unto them, How, then, doth David in
spirit call him Lord, saying:"
Verse 44
— "The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my
right hand till I make thine enemies thy footstool."
Obey, keep faith with the Master until all evil is subdued-
put beneath the feet.
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your servant."
ual. The great spiritual man is the man of great soul. The
man who can live, and think, and serve, and die for others is
great. The great man in the worldly sense dies. The spirit-
ciples,"
synagogues.
Verse 3
— "All, therefore, whatsoever they bid you observe,
observe and do; but do ye not after their works, for they say
and do not."
their hearts, and in secret did evil. Their teachings were good,
but they did not practice what they preached, and, therefore,
Verse 4
— "For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be
borne, and lay them upon men's shoulders, but they themselves
ious and showy part? These people are all of the same class.
Verse 6
— "And they love the uppermost rooms at the feasts,
Verse 9
— "And call no man your father upon the earth; for
or heavenly in the least. These call not father. There is but one
father, which is WITHIN you when your mind and soul are
purified and is awakened in His likeness.
Verse 10
— "Neither be ye called Master; for one is your
Master even Christ."
Do not follow every teacher who calls himself Master until
ple. These are the things they ought to have done, but not to
leave the others undone. It would have been better for them
to have given righteous judgment, faith and mercy, than \o
have given material things. They gave to be seen of men, and
cared not for righteous judgment, mercy and faith.
Verse 13
— "Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites;
for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for ye nei-
to go in."
trines of men, which shut up the heaven against men, and could
not show the true way to those who sought the Truth.
Verse 14
— "Woe unto you Scribes, Pharisees, hypocrites; for
The law and justice they meet out to others returns back to
the soul of the giver.
Verse 15
— "Woe unto you Scribes, Pharisees, hypocrites; for
selves."
They were Gentiles, who were not born of Jewish parents, but
who accepted the Jewish religion and were not circumcised.
They were allowed to worship standing in the outter courts of
Verse 16
— "Woe unto you ye blind guides, which say who-
soever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever
Verse 17
— "Ye fools and blind, for whether is greater, the
This the same teaching that man may sin with the body (the
temple), and then pay with gold for sanctification and the for-
giveness of sin. If the soul is pure, the temple is pure; and
gold cannot purify nor cleanse from sins the evil body, but the
pure body purifies all the material needs we must use.
Verse 18
— "And whosoever shall swear by the altar it is
Verse 19
— "Ye fools and blind, for whether is greater, the
gift, or the altar that sactifieth the gift?"
An evil gift is given upon an evil altar, and a good gift upon
a good altar. The altar is the Soul, and the gifts are what the
Soul gives; so one is not greater than the other.
Verse 20
— "Whosoever, therefore, shall swear by the altar,
All are the same. If the altar is clean, all things thereon are
clean.
Verse 22
— "And he that swear by heaven, sweareth by the
throne of God and by him that sitteth thereon."
admit heaven, is to admit the throne of God and him that sit-
teth thereon.
word Occultism, and will not accept the teachings of the Inner
Lord."
The blessings of heaven are many, and they are poured out
upon all who come to be baptized of the Holy Ghost and with
Fire. Fire is the Soul, and the Holy Ghost is the Sunship, or
Verse 25
— "Woe unto you Scribes, Pharisees, hypocrites, for
ye make clean the outside of the cup and platter, but within
and soul; but within the mind dwells the the thoughts of extor-
tion and excess, of corruption and evil, and this is the inside of
Verse 26
— "Thou blind Pharisees, cleanse first that which is
WITHIN the cup and platter that the outside of them may be
clean also."
Purify and cleanse the mind and soul, and all you do, say
and think will be pure and clean.
All the outside works will manifest what the inside actually
uncleanness."
Verse 28
— "Even so, ye also outwardly appear righteous un-
to men, but within ye are full of hyprocrisy and iniquity."
Verse 29
— "Woe unto you Scribes, Pharisees, hypocrites, be-
cause ye build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the sep-
Verse 30
— "And say, If ye had been in the days of the our
Verse 32
— "Fill ye up the measure of the father."
It was the same they used for themselves — blindness, evil and
iniquity.
;
Verse 33
— "Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye
low in the footsteps of their fathers, who killed the old proph-
ets.
Verse 35
— "That upon you may come all the righteous blood
shed upon -the earth, from the blood of righteous Able unto the
blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between
the temple and the altar."
Righteousness is destoyed and cast out from the soul and the
body, and it is the blood of the prophets, in symbolism as well
Verse 36— "Verily I say unto you, all these things shall come
upon this generation."
Verse 37
— "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the
prophets and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often
Verse 38
— "Behold your house is left unto you desolate."
When the Christ is killed, rejected and stoned from the Soul,
the Soul is desolate and lost.
Verse 39
— "For I say unto you, ye shall not see me hence-
forth till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of
the Lord."
Verse
— "And Jesus went out and departed from the tem-
1
ple; and his disciples came to him for to show him the build-
Like all who admire the beautiful structures of the earth, and
who take pride in them, the disciples showed Jesus all the won-
derful works, the carvings and furnishings of the temple.
Verse 2
— "And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these
things? Verily I say unto you, there shall not be left here one
with hands, and will not endure to the end. Only the Soul
endureth forever.
Verse 3
— "The disciples seem to have understood his mean-
ing in this symbolic speech, for they came to him privately,
saying, Tell us when shall these things be, and what shall be
The end of the world was predicted then, and it was not un-
Verse 4
— "And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take
heed that no man deceive you."
Verse 5
— "For many shall come in my name, saying, I am
Christ, and shall deceive many."
Many what?
Many men. Men who are led away* by the illusions of their
own minds; men who have no proof, and can give none.
Verse 6
— "And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars;
see that ye be not troubled, for all things must come to pass;
are under heavier pressure than the town and cities where the
mental, moral, spiritual and physical atmosphere is pure and
uplifting. Purity lifts up; evil presses down. Purity is light;
evil is heavy.
Violence and carnage, bloodshed and destruction, create a
When wars begin the end is not yet, for the few righteous
are able to control and purify the evil-charged atmosphere.
Ten righteous men could have save Sodom, but ten could not
Verse 7
— "For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom; and there shall be famines, and pestilences,
All these great troubles are brought about by the evil condi-
tions and wickedness of the people, for all these are the begin-
ning of sorrows.
Verse 9
—"Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and
shall kill you; and ye shall be hated of all nations for my
name's sake/'
The Truth and the Christ are hated and destroyed, and have
of the Christ have been stoned and persecuted, and are to this
day by evil and the Black Brothers, who have always persecut-
Teachers who claim much are offended and betray the Truth
through greed, through desire for fame and self and for riches
of the world and its praises and worship.
Verse 11
— "Many false prophets shall arise, and shall deceive
many."
They are here with this generation. There is contention and
strife between teachers, leaders and students because of their
false doctrines. Truth is known by the true. The true are
able to prove it, not by any outward demonstration but WITH-
IN the Soul.
Verse 12
— "And because iniquity shall abound the love of
many shall wax cold."
In this lesson the Master warns the disciples of the great er-
You ask what a false Christ is? A false Christ is a false idea
duces and creates. This is the Word absolute, and is the Gos-
ple of the Kingdom. The chance of knowing the true God
will be given to all; then will the end come.
Verse 15
— "When ye, therefore, shall see the abomination of
desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet stand in the holy
Verse 16
— "Then let them which be in Judea flee into the
mountains."
Judea represents Truth. Let them which know Truth seek
safety from all evil.
Verse 17
— "Let him which is on the house top not come down
to take anything out of the house/'
Take nothing out from the Soul that is good. Do not come
down and desire anything material.
Verse 18
— "Neither let him which is in the field return back
to take his clothes."
The field is the harvest field of the Christ. Return not to
material things.
Verse 19
— "And woe unto them that are with child, and to
them that give suck in those days."
This is the travail of the Soul giving birth to the Christ. It
Verse 21
—
"For there shall be great tribulations, such as was
not seen since the beginning of the world to this time; no, nor
ever shall be."
Tribulation is the tearing of the Soul from the desires of the
flesh.
Verse 22
— "And except those days should be shortened there
should no flesh be saved; but for the elects' sake those days
shall be shortened."
The great terrors of the breaking away from the old life and
its illusions.
is more than mortal flesh can stand. These trials and tests are
severe, but are swift and soon passed. The student stands or
fall, as he himself will to do.
Note carefully:
Verse 23
—
"Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is
Verse 24
— "For there shall arise false Christs and false proph-
ets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if
Verse 26
— "Wherefore, if they shall say unto you, behold he
is in the desert, go not forth; behold he is in the secret cham-
ber, believe it not."
Vsrse 28
— "For wheresoever the carcass is, -there will the
light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of
the heavens shall be shaken."
Mind represents heaven. All' the glories and brightness of
the material mind will not give light to the awakened Soul
All the desires of the mind shall be shaken even to the brightest
star of its ambitions.
Verse 35
— "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of
Man in heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn,
and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of
heaven with power and great glory."
The mind will know and accept the Christ, then all the tribes
of evil of the earthly illusions shall mourn when Christ dwells
in the Mind in power and Glory.
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Verse 32
— "Now, learn a parable of the fig' tree; when his
branch is yet tender, and putteth forth fruit, ye know that sum-
mer is nigh."
Verse 33— "So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things
ious world has ever known since the days of Jesus. THIS
GENERATION shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled.
This is the second coming of the Christ — the Soul baptism of
Fire and Holy Ghost.
Verse 35
— "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words
shall never pass away."
We know not, nor do even the gods know; but the Father
within us knows when me are purified and acceptable.
Verse 37
— "But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the
coming of the Son of Man be."
The Soul of man awakened.
Verse 38
— "For as the days that were before the flood they
were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage,
until the day that Noah entered the ark."
The flesh ruled and feasted and made merry; but when God
RULED flesh was destroyed.
Verse 39
— "And knew not until the flood came and took
them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of Man
be."
He will take away all that is material, and of the flesh even,
The good and the bad, the spiritual and the desire of the flesh
shall dwell within man. This does not mean two men, especi-
ally. Every man has a chance to choose, and chooses for him-
self. Good shall be taken, and will accumulate with good.
Evil will be left or destroyed.
Verse 41
— "Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the
one shall be taken and the other left."
Verse 42
— "Watch, therefore, for ye know not what hour
your Lord doth come."
Verse 43
—
"But know this, that if the good man of the house
had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have
watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken
up."
Man does not know when the evil and the flesh destroys his
Soul. If he did know, and knew the consequences, he would
not choose evil and its illusions, but would cling to the Truth.
Verse 45
— "Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom
his Lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them
meat in due season."
If the Soul makes Christ the ruler over all its desires, it is a
Verse 48
— "But and make him servantover
unto you, that he shall
if that evil
ruler all his goods."
shall say in his heart
Verse 1
— "The kingdom of heaven is likened unto ten vir-
gins which took their lamps and went forth to meet the bride-
groom."
The word of Truth comes to everybody. Every one must
meet Truth, sooner or later, and either accept or reject it.
Verse 2
— "And five of them were wise, and five foolish."
Verse 3
— "They which were foolish took their lamps, and
took no oil with them."
All have Soul. The Soul can give Light; but if foolish and
wayward and lustful after the material, it cannot light the way
to the bridegroom, for there is no oil if there is no desire for
the attainment of the Christ.
Verse 4
— "But the wise took oil in their vessels with their
lamps."
The wise know that without desire for Truth the Soul can
not attain Sonship and Unity with the Father, for without the
oil there can be no light.
Verse 6
— "And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold
the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him,"
the flesh. The soul wearies of its burdens of earth, and it cries
out when its night is darkest. The wise hearken to the cry.
The fool does not listen, but goes on in blindness, clinging to
the lusts and desires of the flesh.
Verse 9
— "But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there
be not enough for us and you; but go ye rather to them that
sell, and buy for yourself."
It is not the law for the wise ones, or those who have desired
knowledge and gained it, to give what they have to the foolish
—
and ignorant those who will not give up the material and
flesh to attain it. There are those who think if they read books
of some one else that they are able to know; that they have
knowledge. They go to those authorized to
are not willing to
teach, because they do not want to come under the Laws. They
ask others who have received, but are not authorized to teach,
thinking that they can obtain knowledge in an illigal manner,
without coming under the law. The truly wise will tell them
to seek from them that are authorized, that have to sell.
Verse 10
— "And while they went to buy, the bridegroom
came, and they that were ready went in with him to the mar-
riage, and the door was shut."
Those who know and are ready to accept him; and the door
is often closed to the foolishness of the ignorant and unenlight-
ened
are the foolish virgins. NOW is the day; for tomorrow may
never come.
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Golden Text
— "For unto every one that hath shall be £iven,
and he shall have abundance; but from him that hath not shall
be taken away even that he hath."
We all know full well that study, practice, and use makes
perfect. Ifwe know very little, and use what little we have,
we can improve; we can become more perfect in the little, even
Verse 17
— "And likewise he that had received the two, he
also gained other two."
Verse 18
— "But he that received one, went and digged in the
earth and hid his lord's money."
He would have much, but he would not. He thought he was
not capable, so he did nothing at all. He accumulated nothing.
It is better to try, and fail, than not to try at all.
Verse 19
— "After a long time the lord of those servants com-
eth and reckoneth with them."
will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy
of the lord."
This man obeyed and watched over what good there was in
him and was faithful; therefore, he was able to rule over all
will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy
of the Lord."
He had good within him than the first man, but he obey-
less
reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou
hast not strewed.''
Verse 25
— "And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in
those that had much, and he could have inherited as much but
SELF swallowed up the little good he had and he blamed some
one else besides self.
It is thus with many students. They will not follow the lit-
tle that is given them, and thus receive no more. While those
who are faithful to the little will receive the all.
Verse 26
— "His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wick-
ed and sinful servant, thou knewest that 1 reap where 1 sowed
not, and gathered where 1 had not strewn."
Christ does not sow wickedness, but he reaps the good from
where he has not sown nor strewed, and no matter how evil
the heart may be, it can yield good if it will, for
Verse 27
— "Thou oughtest, therefore, to have put my money
to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have re-
Verse 28
— "Take, therefore, the talent from him and give it
Verse 30
— "And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer
darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
mains. We see what the man did with his one good thought.
He turned it to himself, as HE THOUGHT, and did as he
thought best, and not as his lord told him to do. And he de-
stroyed all he had.
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Golden Text
— " When the Son of Man shall come in his glory
and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the
Christ within.
Verse 32
— "And before him shall he gathered all nations; and
he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth
his sheep from the goats."
Verse 33
— "And he shall set the sheep on his right hand and
the goats on the left hand."
Verse 34
— "Then shall the King say unto them on his right
gians and priests that it has been rejected by some, who are
Verse 35
— "For I was an hungered, and ye gave meat; I was
athirst, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took
me in."
Verse 36
— "Naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye
visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me."
Verse 37
— "Then shall the righteous say, Lord, when saw we
thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty and gave thee
drink?"
Verse 39
— "Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison and came
to thee?"'
Is is how the
hard to realize Christ was situated within us
when we knew him not. What did that benefit him? Ah,
do we BUILD.
Verse 40
— "And the King shall answer and say unto them,
Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of
Kindness, good will and love open the door to Christ. When
we love others and manifest love and good will we manifest
Christ, and he knows us and accepts us.
Verse 41
— "Then shall he say unto them on the left hand,
All evil is always cast out and rejected by the Christ, for
Christ does not dwell in evil and does not recognize evil, self-
Verse 43
— "1 was a sranger and ye took me not in; naked, and
ye clothed me not; sick and in prison, and ye visited me not."
The materialist, the selfish, the sensual, the evil, cannot see
Verse 45
— "Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say
unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of the least of
Golden Text
— "j will keep the passover at thy house with
my disciples."
means the passing over of the Soul from the evil into Sonship
and Christhood.
Lazarus, who Jesus raised from the dead, came and annointed
him for his burial. She was the woman possessed with seven
devils, and Jesus cast them out. She was awoman the self-
righteous and unenlightened scorned, but a woman whom Jesus
pitied and loved, because she loved much and gave much. She
brought the best she had and gave all without stint to the Mas-
ter. She knew what they knew not, and were a long time
learning.
Verse 14
— "Then one of the twelve/called Judas Iscariot,
Verse 15
— "And said unto them, What will ye give me and I
Verse 20
— "Now, when the even was come, he sat down with
the twelve."
Verse 21
— "And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto
you that one of you shall betray me.''
one who was black, who knew not good and hated good would
always betray, his teacher. He could see the Soul of Judas, as
he saw the Soul of the Magdalene.
Verse 22
— "And they were exceedingly sorrowful, and began
every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?"
Verse 23
— "And he answered and said, He that dippeth his
They all ate from the same dish with him, and as he answer-
ed them they were unable to understand, with the exception of
Judas, for Judas knew he had already bargained to betray him.
Verse 24
— "The Son of Man goeth as it was written of him;
but woe unto that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed;
it had been better for that man if he had not been born."
said."
Verse 26
— "And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and
blessed it and braked it and gave it to the disciples, and said,
indeed the b*ody of Christ, and the only sustaining body we can
partake of.
Verse 27
— "And he took the cup and gave thanks, and gave
it to them, saying, Drink all of it."
Verse 25
— "For this is my blood of the new testament which
is shed for many for the remission of sin."
Verse 30
— "And when they had sung a hymn, they went out
into the Mount of Olives."
The hymn which they sung after the last earthly supper was
the "Great Paschal Hallel," or Hymn of Praise, which consists
of Psalms cxiii to cxviii; or Psams 113 to 118.
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Golden Text
— "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temp-
tation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Verse 31
— "Then said Jesus unto them, All ye shall be of-
fended of me this night; for it is written, I will smite the shep-
Verse 32
— "But after I am risen again, 1 will go before you
into Galilee."
Verse 33 —
Here we read Peter's great promise of faith and
fidelity which was broken before the dawn of day. Peter al-
Jesus was the man of flesh in whom the Christ was born.
Christ is born unto all flesh, but Jesus was the awakened, puri-
fied flesh. Judas represents the evil of the flesh, the dark side
or self-destroying Black Brothers; while Jesus is the flesh puri-
fied, and which accepts the Christ as Father and Light of his
being.
Verse 50
— "And and kissed him."
Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art
thou come? Then came they, and laid their hands on Jesus,
and took him."
Even after the betrayal thrust, Jesus called this man "Friend."
How many of us could or would? How many of us could for-
give one who hounded us to the death through spite and jeal-
ousy and still call that one friend? Jesus did.
Verse 51
— "And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus
stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a ser-
vant of the high priest and smote off his ear."
Verse 52
— "Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy
sword into its place; for all they that take the sword shall perish
with the sword/'
Verse 53
— "Thinkest thou that 1 cannot now pray to my
Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legion
of angels?"
Verse 54— "But how shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus
it must be done?"
How could he manifest life eternal, immortality, without
yeilding to material death? How could he prove that there is
Verse 55
— "In that same hour said Jesus to the multitude,
Are ye come out against a thief with swords and staves for to
take me?"
Evil and wickedness always works under cover of darkness.
It was night forces, the violent, the rabble, the evil against the
Light.
Verse 56
— "But all this was done that the scriptures of the
prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him
and fled.
Golden Text
— "Hereafter shall ye see the Son of Man sitting
Verse 57
— "And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him
away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and elders
were assembled.''
Verse 59
— "Now, the chief priests and elders, and all the
Verse 61
— "And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy
They did not know the temple of God, nor that Jesus refer-
fixion.
Verse 62
— "And the high priest arose and said unto him,
Answerest thou nothing? What is it which these witnesseth
against thee?"
Verse 63
— "But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest
answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God that
Verse 64
— "Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless
1 say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see the Son of Man sitting
It was revealed to this man later the power and glory of the
Christ, although in his blindness and ignorance he accused him
falsely of blasphemy.
Verse 65
— "Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him,
and others smote him with the palms of their hands."
Verse 68
— "Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, who is it
Verse 69
— "Now, Peter sat without in the palace, and a dam-
sel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Gali-
lee."
Verse 70
— "But he denied before them all, saying, 1 know
not what thou sayest."
tion, and Peter was not yet Illuminated, and still clung to the
flesh.
Verse 75
— "And Peter remembered the words of Jesus, who
said unto him, Before the cock crow thou shalt deny me thrice,
Peter's salvation came through that bitter trial, and the un-
derstanding of himself as he was, and not as he had idealized
himself to be.
—
Golden Text "Whom will ye that I release unto you; Bar-
?"
abbas or Jesus, which is called Christ
and elders."
Judas' greed, envy and jealousy hid the Truth from him.
He did not realize, until he saw there was no hope for the re-
Verse 11
— "And Jesus stood before the governor; and the
governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews?
And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest."
Verse 12
— "And when he was accused of the chief priests and
elders, he answered nothing."
all brought to him; and this was the first to come who acted
Verse 14
— "And he answered to never a word; insomuch that
the governor marvelled greatly."
of weakness, but were baffled. They used all their power, all
their art, to provoke and sting him into a retort, but he "reviled
not again."
Verse 16
— "Now at that feast the governor was wont to re-
Verse 17
— "And they had then a notable prisoner called Ba-
rabbas."
Verse 17
— "Therefore, when they were gathered together,
Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you;
Bar abbas or Jesus, which is called Christ ?"
u
Verse 18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered
him."
Verse 19
— "And when he was set down on the judgment
seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do
with that just man; for I have suffered many things this day in
that which his own disciples forgot to do, with the exception of
John who made an effort to join him. John knew the govern-
man availed nothing Jesus the flesh must die, so that the
Golden Text
— "What shall I do then with Jesus which is
called Christ?"
test between the desire for a physical life or the life Spiritual. If
Verse 24
— "When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing,
but that rather a tumult was made, he took water and washed
his hands before the multitude, saving, I am innocent of the
He was not the persecutor, but the judge of the Christ, and
he judged rightly within himself.
Verse 25
— "Then answered all the people and said, His blood
"
be on us and on our children.
ism which are the many subtle illusions and snares of the world
and all flesh. Barabbas, the robber, is preferred, and set free
Verse 30
— "And they spit upon him, and took the reed and
smote him on the head."
Verse 31
— "And after that they had mocked him, they took
the robes off from him and put his own raiment on him, and
crime, suffering and scourged and jeered at, we would feel pity
Verse 32
— "And when he was athirst, they gave him vinegar
vinegar and gall, or the Christ who will not drink of their bit-
terness?
Verse 37
— "And set up over his his accusation written
And while he was dying they reviled and mocked him the
more. To their material sense he was a man who differed
from them and the elders in the traditions of their belief. This
is all they saw. They were man-made men, and worshipped
and served a man-made god. They lived under man-made
laws, so could not see beyond man. They conld see nothing
but the material, and would naturally condemn all that differed
with them.
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Golden text
— "And behold the veil of the temple was rent
in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake,
and the rocks rent/'
neither did God become angry and tear up the earth and the
temple in his wrath "like unto corruptible man." God is not
violent nor destructive. God forces are all silent, serene, calm,
as Jesus was through all his struggles, his trials, his persecution.
Evil laws return to the senders and evil alone reeks destruction
and violence.
Verse 52
— "And the graves were opened; and many bodies
Verse 55
— "And came up out of their graves AFTER his
resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto
many."
The Souls of these saints appeared and not the bodies of
flesh, bodies of the flesh never arose, it was the body of the
Soul which appeared. This must not be taken in the literal
sense.
Verse 55— And many women were there beholding afar off
and it pleased their senses to make man and the Image of man
Lord of all. God made man according to their way of thinking
and few men have gotten above the crude story of creation and
the beginning of men.
Pilate,
while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again."
But no man has power to seal the Christ away from the
purified flesh.
International Esoteric Bible Lessons.
Golden Text
— "Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, bap-
tizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Ghost.''
The Holy Ghost is the Fire with which we are baptized; the
ty, Truth and God, and retains them. This is the Christ, the
Jesus did not teach that he alone was Divine, or was the only
u
Verse 1 In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn to-
ward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the
other Mary to the sepulchre."
angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled
Verse 3
— "His countenance was like lightning, and his rai-
Verse 4
— "And for fear of him the keepers did shake and be-
came as dead men."
Verse 5
— "And the angel answered and said unto the women,
Fear not ye, for I know that ye seek Jesus which was crucified."
Verse 6
— "He is not here; for he is risen as he said. Come
see the place where the Lord lay."
Verse 7
— "Go quickly, and tell the disciples that he is risen
from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee;
Verse 8
— "And they departed quickly from the sepulchre
with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples
word."
Verse 9
— "And as they, went to tell his disciples, behold, Je-
sus met them, saying, All hail, and they came and held him
by the feet, and worshipped him."
He was now the Christ, the purified, the Illuminated, the Sun
of Righteousness. Before they followed blindly seeking but
tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they
see me."
They obeyed, also, as the women obeyed the Lord's angel, and
they saw him. If they had not obeyed, think you they would
have seen him?
Verse 16
— "Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee
into a mountain, where Jesus appointed them."
Verse 17
— "And when they saw him, they worshipped him,
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but some doubted.
Spiritual eyes were not yet opened, and some were not sure of
Truth unto the Day of Pentecost, when they were all Illumi-
Verse 18
— "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying,
Verse 19
— "Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost."
Life of purified man. The Soul of the Living God, and the
Life is always within us, and always will be as long as we re-
Living Christ.
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III
— I 1 1 1
After Jesus had been healing the sick and teaching the pure
doctrine in the Temple, the Pharisees and Scribes demanded of
Far rather would they that these poor sufferers should die a
Jesus asked them the question which they could not answer
They knew nothing of the spirit and but very little of the
Soul of man, nor did they know anything of its powers, they
healed as best they could and whatever they could not heal
none else had a right to heal.
However, as all men know, men and women left the establi-
Healing."
I believe that many true healers must suffer now for their
healing as Christ did then, but now as then the people will
gradually follow those who do the real work, and in the cen-
Does the clergy recognize the fact that not one in an even
hundred will go to a healer until AFTER authorized physicians
and priests have failed to help them? That is a great fact that
must be borne in mind.
Would the clergy rather that these millions that go to healers
after authorized physicians and ministers have failed should
die? No doubt but that is the way "they look at it, but they
should always remember that all things are under the absolute
law, and that though they may get many of the weak to stay
away from healers who might cure them, it is they, the clergy
and their church, that will eventually be forced to pay the pen-
alty.
might cure him? Did God ever say that because one cannot
cure the sufferer he shall not go to another? No where can 1
find it so written.
How can the church, any church, say who is free and who is
Tis said: "Him whom the gods would destroy they first
SPECIAL LESSON.
THE SAVING OF THE NATION.
St. John, chapter 8th.
Golden Text
— "He that is without sin among you, let HIM
cast the FIRST stone at HER/'
Verse 3— "And the Scribes and Pharisees brought unto him
a woman taken in adultry; and when they had brought her in
the midst
Verse 4
— "They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken
in adultry, in the very act.
The Scribes and Pharisees were the leading men of the day.
They were the men who gave the religion to the people. They
dictated to the people as to what to believe and what not to be-
lieve, just as the orthodox of today, those who claim to follow
the Christ, dictate.
try, and they also condemned all those who were known as
prostitutes, like the vast majority of the present day, they were
all guilty of having to do with this class of women.
It is a terrible indictment of this enlightened century that
practically all men, with a few exceptions, are guilty of having
to do with this class of women, and what makes this a crime
is the very fact, and one that cannot be contradicted, that those
men who are the loudest in their condemnation of these women
are the very ones who had to do with them.
We are supposed to live in a Christian century, a time when
the teachings of Jesus are supposed to be followed, and none
will contradict me when I say that all those who are foremost in
condemning the fallen women are called Christians, and they
themselves claim to be such.
If they were Christians, would they have to do with this
Is there a living man today who has given this subject any
thought that will admit that there could be a prostitute if she
was not patronized? Then why is there such a thing, consid-
ering that all men of our nation call themselves Christians?
There can be but one answer to this, and that is: These men
profess to be Christians, to obey the teachings of Jesus, but
they have to do with prostitutes and then they turn, like the
The time will come, and is not far distant, when natural
marriages will be recognized by the laws of every state. That
will mean that man will be JUDGED BY THE SAME STAND-
ARD THAT WOMAN IS JUDGED. It will mean that when
a woman is accused of wrong doing, the man guilty will be
accused of the same thing, and what is more, the act will be
recognized as a LEGAL AND BINDING MARRIAGE.
1 do not condemn legal marriage. I uphold itpositively and
absolutely, but I also recognize the natural, God-given Law
that there is a natural, sacred marriage, and that this marriage
takes place between man and woman the minute that they know
each other.
God never recognized any such thing as "illigimate," for
there cannot be any such thing as an illigimate child. God
smiles upon all children with the same smile, for He knows
that there can be but one natural, sacred marriage, and that that
marriage takes place when "man knows woman."
The time is coming when the state must recognize this fact
that he loves her, only to betray and leave her to the tender
mercies of the so-called Christian world.
Verse 7
— "So when they continued asking him, he lifted up
himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you
let him first cast the stone at her."
hearts they knew that every one was guilty, and that is just
why men of the present make laws to punish *he man who se-
cured the white slave and says nothing concerning him who
uses her and then condemns her and makes her an outcast.
come of the "phenomenon/' they call it, and have about con-
cluded that it will bring about the destruction of this world.
He says that the new world forming in the sun will not de-
stroy the earth. "Divine law never sent destruction upon any
world by contact with another world. Each world creates itself.
the Light.
Flesh, the world, and the devil cannot hold it back. If it at-
tains the Christ, or even the knowledge of Christ, it cannot
retrograde or descend into the "bottomless pit."
The Soul that has the knowledge given it and rejects it, is
the Soul that turns back, and "the last state is worse than the
first, " but this Soul has never attained Christ or Mastership.
Judas Iscariot was taught all the laws, and he gained reputa-
He did not realize the great error he committed until too late.
Every man and woman knows that their sins are found out,
God ruled always, wisely and well, and will rule unto the end
of the world.
The New World is for those who are Light, who desire
Truth and Righteousness more than this world and its pleasures
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THE JETH WORLD. THE JETH BODY.
The world was long in accepting the wonderful works of the
Mind and of Magnetism, and it will slowly respond to the
awakening of the Soul.
written law.
Few have found the Soul and know its powers, just as the
power of mind was long in darkness.
The seeds were planted hundreds of years ago, but they fell
It has been taught by the Ancients for ages, but the material
its power.
The world was always more or less physical, and these con-
But it is a Divine law that with each new race, the physical
In all time, through all time, from the very beginning, the
Spiritual has been taught and demonstrated.
It has gained in every age over the physical and mental, and
then with the close of that era it was held by the few.
They were hidden because the physical and mental could not
few— the Initiates. And they knew Truths yet unknown except
to the few.
With the opening of the Jewish laws, the Truths were taught
tenable Truth, as the Divine Law through all ages, all time.
Men drifted away, and the wise ones held fast. And it will
always be so.
ed.
knowledge than they attained, for they attained all that were
HOW?
The new World forming is the JEth World, and if the pres-
y£th Children whether they will go there or stay upon this ma-
terial world, which will be stili more material than now.